Peter Hickman

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Peter Hickman
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Hickman with his BMW S1000RR at the Isle of Man TT races in 2015
NationalityEnglish
Born (1987-04-08) 8 April 1987 (age 36)
Burton-upon-Trent, England
Current teamFHO Racing
Bike number60
Website Hicky 60
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Superbike World Championship
Active years 2022
Manufacturers BMW
Championships 0
2022 championship position30th (2 pts)
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
600002
British Superbike Championship
Active years2006–2007, 2009–present
Manufacturers BMW, Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha
Championships 0
2019 championship position6th
StartsWinsPodiums Poles F. laps Points
183410220
Isle of Man TT career
TTs contested8 (2014–2019, 2022-Present)
TT wins13
First TT win2018 Superstock TT
Last TT win2023 Senior TT
TT podiums27

Peter John Hickman (born 8 April 1987 in Burton-upon-Trent) is an English professional motorcycle racer and business owner for preparation of racing machines. [1]

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For 2021, he competed in the British Superbike Championship class aboard a BMW M1000RR, initially with superbike teammate Xavi Forés for new team FHO Racing, formed from some elements of Hickman's old team Smiths Racing, which closed at the end of the 2020 season. [2] [3] He continued with the same team during 2022, and again into 2023 with a teammate, Josh Brookes.

Hickman started TT racing in 2014. He won two in 2018, three in 2019, followed by four in 2022 and 2023, following the resumption of TT racing after two years of no Isle of Man TT events during COVID-19 travel restrictions. [4] The tally of four wins in one week of racing has only been achieved by two other riders, Phillip McCallen and Michael Dunlop, [5] and Ian Hutchinson who scored five in 2010. [6] Hickman has 13 TT victories in total, which puts him in 9th on the all-time winners list. [7]

Hickman currently holds the all-time lap record at the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course, set in 2023 during the Superstock TT race 2, with an average of 136.358 mph (219.447 km/h) over the 37.73 mi (60.72 km) long race circuit. [8]

Racing background

Short circuit

Hickman at Snetterton in 2009 Peter Hickman No 60 Yamaha 2009 BSB.jpg
Hickman at Snetterton in 2009

Hickman took his first BSB race win at Cadwell Park in 2014. After starting the season without a ride he rode for Tsingtao WK Kawasaki for a single round before joining the RAF Reserves Honda team for the rest of the season at Knockhill. [9]

Hickman took a career best championship position of 4th in 2017. [10] He finished the 2019 British Superbike Championship season in sixth place, the 2020 season in 14th, 2021 in fifth place, 2022 in ninth, and 2023 in 12th.

In 2022, Peter Hickman was announced as a wild card for the Donington Park World Superbike event, riding his usual British Superbike BMW M1000RR, with suitable alterations including a World Superbike specification CPU. [11] He later replaced Michael van der Mark at the factory BMW team for the Autodrom Most round, taking his first points with a 14th place result in race 2. [12]

Isle of Man TT races

In his debut year (2014) he reached the record as the fastest-ever newcomer at the Isle of Man TT, [13] with a fastest average lap speed of 129.104 mph (207.773 km/h), [9] and a race-average speed of 125.38 mph (201.78 km/h). [14] In 2022, the record was surpassed by Glenn Irwin, who reached 129.85 mph (208.97 km/h). [15] He prepared for his TT race debut by travelling to the Island and driving 70 laps of the near-38 mile course in a hire car, and by watching videos. Hickman's father Dave was a Manx Grand Prix winner and entered two TTs. [9] [16]

Hickman clinched his first victory at the Isle of Man TT in a close race from Michael Dunlop and Dean Harrison, breaking Ian Hutchinson's lap record twice in the 2018 Superstock event. [17] Hickman won the Senior TT, raising the absolute lap record to 135.452 mph (217.989 km/h) on the final lap, winning from Dean Harrison with Manxman Conor Cummins in third. [18]

Hickman won three TTs in 2019, and four in 2022 and 2023, bringing his all-time total to 13. [19]

Other UK road races

Hickman achieved his first international road race win at the 2015 Ulster Grand Prix, winning the feature race ahead of Conor Cummins. [20]

Macau Grand Prix

Hickman won the last race of the 2015 season in November, the Macau Grand Prix, riding a Briggs Equipment/RAF Reserves BMW S1000RR. [21]

In November 2016, he retained his Macau Grand Prix title, after he worked his way through from fourth position, winning by just 0.533 seconds from eight-time winner Michael Rutter. [22]

In the 2017 event, Hickman was placed second, in front of event team-mate Michael Rutter, both riding Bathams BMWs. [23]

In 2018 Hickman won the Macau event for a third time, riding his BMW S1000RR prepared by Smiths Racing for Aspire Ho, ahead of Rutter (Bathams Aspire Ho Honda RC213V-S) and Martin Jessop (PBM Ducati).

In 2019, Hickman was again the man to beat, taking pole in front of Rutter. [24] The race was a controversial affair, as it was stopped by two red flags due to accidents, with not enough laps completed to declare a result. It was initially declared null and void, [25] before Michael Rutter was declared the winner as he was leading the last completed lap, even though Hickman was leading the field when both red flags were deployed. [26]

The race was not held in 2020 and 2021, [27] and Hickman, like most top British riders, did not take part in 2022 due to travel restrictions. [28] Hickman took a comfortable fourth win in 2023, 28 seconds in front of Davey Todd. [29]

Career statistics

British Superbike Championship

YearMake12345678910111213PosPtsRef
R1R2R1R2R1R2R3R1R2R1R2R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R1R2R1R2R3R1R2
2006 Kawasaki BHI
21
BHI
17
DON
Ret
DON
16
THR
18
THR
Ret
OUL
19
OUL
20
MON
C
MON
C
MAL
14
MAL
19
SNE
14
SNE
10
KNO
17
KNO
16
OUL
14
OUL
16
CRO
14
CRO
8
CAD
14
CAD
15
SIL
10
SIL
15
BHGP
16
BHGP
11
18th37 [30]
2007 Kawasaki BHGP
15
BHGP
12
THR
12
THR
12
SIL
19
SIL
18
OUL
Ret
OUL
Ret
SNE
17
SNE
Ret
MON
17
MON
14
KNO
23
KNO
Ret
OUL
13
OUL
13
MAL
14
MAL
16
CRO
 
CRO
 
CAD
 
CAD
 
DON
 
DON
 
BHI
 
BHI
 
22nd23 [31]
2009 Yamaha BHI
21
BHI
23
OUL
18
OUL
15
DON
16
DON
14
THR
16
THR
15
SNE
17
SNE
15
KNO
12
KNO
14
MAL
12
MAL
14
BHGP
Ret
BHGP
20
BHGP
20
CAD
14
CAD
11
CRO
11
CRO
15
SIL
15
SIL
13
OUL
14
OUL
Ret
OUL
DNS
22nd35 [32]
2010 Yamaha BHI
15
BHI
Ret
THR
11
THR
13
OUL
12
OUL
17
CAD
13
CAD
13
MAL
24
MAL
15
KNO
Ret
KNO
C
SNE
15
SNE
24
SNE
11
BHGP
19
BHGP
13
BHGP
14
CAD
Ret
CAD
16
CRO
12
CRO
16
SIL
20
SIL
10
OUL
14
OUL
25
OUL
Ret
19th43 [33]
2011 Honda BHI
13
BHI
9
OUL
13
OUL
8
CRO
7
CRO
9
THR
5
THR
2
KNO
13
KNO
8
SNE
10
SNE
DNS
OUL
Ret
OUL
C
BHGP
25
BHGP
10
BHGP
9
CAD
8
CAD
5
CAD
5
DON
7
DON
Ret
SIL
Ret
SIL
7
BHGP
Ret
BHGP
14
BHGP
9
9th155 [34]
2012 Kawasaki BHI
16
BHI
C
THR
Ret
THR
12
OUL
16
OUL
11
OUL
Ret
SNE
 
SNE
 
17th65 [35]
BMW KNO
Ret
KNO
13
OUL
8
OUL
13
OUL
12
BHGP
Ret
BHGP
Ret
CAD
10
CAD
8
DON
18
DON
15
ASS
Ret
ASS
16
SIL
14
SIL
10
BHGP
Ret
BHGP
10
BHGP
7
2013 Honda BHI
12
BHI
13
THR
11
THR
10
OUL
6
OUL
Ret
KNO
10
KNO
9
SNE
13
SNE
13
BHGP
13
BHGP
13
OUL
12
OUL
12
OUL
13
CAD
8
CAD
7
DON
11
DON
13
ASS
12
ASS
7
SIL
7
SIL
Ret
BHGP
15
BHGP
Ret
BHGP
12
11th113 [36]
2014 Kawasaki BHI
 
BHI
 
OUL
 
OUL
 
SNE
19
SNE
Ret
11th120
Honda KNO
14
KNO
13
BHGP
12
BHGP
13
THR
12
THR
10
OUL
7
OUL
Ret
OUL
13
CAD
6
CAD
1
DON
7
DON
7
ASS
12
ASS
Ret
SIL
9
SIL
9
BHGP
13
BHGP
11
BHGP
9
YearBike1234567891011PosPts
R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3R1R2R3
2022 BMW SIL
11
SIL
7
SIL
9
OUL
5
OUL
8
OUL
9
DON
9
DON
4
DON
Ret
KNO
13
KNO
Ret
KNO
12
BRH
11
BRH
12
BRH
8
THR
5
THR
4
THR
Ret
CAD
6
CAD
7
CAD
6
SNE
8
SNE
5
SNE
2
OUL
DSQ
OUL
10
OUL
7
DON
3
DON
8
DON
11
BRH
2
BRH
1
BRH
5
9th283
2023 BMW SIL
SIL
SIL
OUL
OUL
OUL
DON
DON
DON
KNO
KNO
KNO
SNE
SNE
SNE
BRH
BRH
BRH
THR
THR
THR
CAD
CAD
CAD
OUL
OUL
OUL
DON
DON
DON
BRH
BRH
BRH

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearBike123456789101112PosPts
R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2R1SRR2
2022 BMW SPA
SPA
SPA
NED
NED
NED
POR
POR
POR
ITA
ITA
ITA
GBR
22
GBR
16
GBR
19
CZE
22
CZE
19
CZE
14
FRA
FRA
FRA
SPA
SPA
SPA
POR
POR
POR
ARG
ARG
ARG
INA
INA
INA
AUS
AUS
AUS
30th2

* Season still in progress.

Isle of Man TT

TT race victories

YearRaceMotorcycleAverage Speed
2023 Senior TT BMW 132.526 mph
2023 Supertwin 2 TT Yamaha 119.318 mph
2023 Superstock 2 TT BMW 133.676 mph
2023 Superstock 1 TT BMW 132.937 mph
2022 Senior TT BMW 129.432 mph
2022 Supertwin TTPaton120.006 mph
2022 Superstock TT BMW 130.552 mph
2022 Superbike TT BMW 130.634 mph
2019 Supersport 2 TT Triumph 127.671 mph
2019 Superstock TT BMW 130.488 mph
2019 Superbike TT BMW 132.644 mph
2018 Senior TT BMW 131.700 mph
2018 Superstock TT BMW 131.553 mph

TT career summary

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th7th8th11th14th21stDNF
No of times139521142116

Last updated in November 2023 [37]

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